Month: January 2018

My recent love affair with Shein began with my secret Santa present from Hubby's family- an awesome black cat shirt. They know me so well. I love the look and fit, and the novelty of having something vaguely trendy to wear to baby groups! So I decided to check out Shein to revamp my stay-at-home-mum … Continue reading What Mummy Wore: A Shein Review.

I loved this project. It was fun covering a shape that wasn't very flat at all, and I was pleased that my pound shop PVA glue worked as well as usual even on a trickier shape. It was so interesting discovering all the different stamps. My two favourite stamps were JFK and one commemorating the … Continue reading Update: I’ve finished my unicorn head decoupage.

Last night my attempts to be proactive with the water marks on the living room ceiling by spraying them with stain blocker resulted in two hideous bare plaster wounds...instead of the barely noticeable water marks! I ended up spending a bit of nap time scraping more paint off the ceiling and repainting it. It looks … Continue reading Fri-yay?

This year didn't get off to a great start with lots of things going wrong with our house one after another. I realised that the reason this makes me so unhappy is because my home is my safe place, and my castle. It's where I go to hide from work and other stresses and so … Continue reading An introvert’s home is her castle

As I'm a glutton for punishment I decided that I really needed to makeover a table and chairs for Tiny, as well as an Ikea kitchen for her Christmas present. Like with the kitchen, Ikea was the obvious choice for the table and chairs. It is only £20 and it's the perfect base for customising. … Continue reading Ikea Latt Table and Chairs Makeover.

I've always wanted to make slime but I get really put off by make your own slime recipes as they always seems complicated, and time consuming, or contain something toxic that I can't easily find. So I was super excited to come across Slime Play by Zimpli Kids. It's ridiculously easy to make. You just … Continue reading Review: Slime Play by Zimpli Kids.

Yes, I'm a big weirdo. I love cleaning. And tidying. And obsessively organising things into boxes. And also drawstring bags because that's the first thing I learnt how to do on my sewing machine. After watching Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners I was really into the virtues of bleach but recently I've been trying to only buy … Continue reading Review: Eco Friendly and Cruelty Free Cleaning Products.